Hypoglycaemia documented with real-time continuous glucose sensing in a case of 'dead in bed' syndrome

Practical Diabetes

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-35

  Waheed, Najeeb ^a   Butt, Muhammad ^b   Dayan, Colin ^c  

^a HEREFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dead in bed; Hypoglycaemia; Real time glucose monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FATALITY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN PUMP; INSULIN TREATMENT; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT MONITORING; REAL TIME CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE SENSING; SENSOR;

EID: 84874036668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1737     Document Type: Article

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